Agriculture In-depth--Federal court rules against over the top use of dicamba products on soybeans and cotton

A Feb. 6, 2024, ruling by a federal District Court in Arizona vacated the registration for over-the-top applications of dicamba on dicamba-tolerant soybeans and cotton. As far as stocks of those chemicals retailers or farmers may already have on hand, South Dakota Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources Hunter Roberts says regulators don’t yet know if they’ll be able to be used this spring.